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Attempted for about an hour on the in-laws 2026 Suburban to remove one.

It’s the worst design of any of them I’ve ever seen.
Happened in the parking lot of a shop that wasn’t open but will be Monday. Thankfully.

Highly recommend losing that trash and getting some that match the rest.

Check it out now before hunting season rolls around and this nonsense has to be dealt with in the woods.

Also of note.

The factory tires are trash. Small cut right below the tread would not take a plug.
Sidewalls can be iffy taking a plug, but I’ve had luck in similar spots in the past.
Honestly believe I could tear the sidewall with my hands.

Last one.

Factory torque is 140 ft.lbs. for this particular junk.
Buy a $20 breaker bar and an appropriate socket. Factory tire iron looks to be small enough to fit in the glove box.

I know most here won’t be taking a soccer mom special on the hill this fall.
But, take a little time when it’s nice and your at home to check out your stuff.
 
I had to call a tow truck for a flat tire on my f150 a while back. That was the day I learned there was a lock to access the spare tire. :oops: Its not there anymore, I can tell you that
 
Steve300xcw said:
I had to call a tow truck for a flat tire on my f150 a while back. That was the day I learned there was a lock to access the spare tire. :oops: Its not there anymore, I can tell you that
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Checking my spare and lubricating the chain drop down mechanism every year is always on my to-do list before hunting season. I had one seize up about three decades ago, couldn't get it to budge. So now I check every year.
 
Steve300xcw said:
This was a lock in the bumper itself. All it did was plug the hole
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Definitely necessary.

I don’t know about where you live, but spare tire theft is rampant here. 🙄

And usually after one winter the salt corrodes everything so bad the key won’t work anyway.

New shit sucks.
 
Oldffemt said:
Lock was seized? I bet that stupid plug got launched into orbit when you got it out!
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Calling for a tow because of a flat tire was a hard phone call to make. But rush hour traffic in a snow storm isnt the time to be laying under a truck... Yes the lock was seized, and no amount of hammering that rod in between the bed and the bumper was goona let me have my spare.

Its just an Eclip on the inside of the bumper that holds the lock in btw
 
I replaced what they call a jack with this:
Fits perfect in its box under the cross-bin tray at the front of the bed.

Also have a breaker and a handful of assorted big sockets for lug nuts.

My truck is a stock ford tremor which has decent ground clearance. Zero trust in that factory jack.

I need to check my spare for sure.
 
BLJ said:
Attempted for about an hour on the in-laws 2026 Suburban to remove one.

It’s the worst design of any of them I’ve ever seen.
Happened in the parking lot of a shop that wasn’t open but will be Monday. Thankfully.

Highly recommend losing that trash and getting some that match the rest.

Check it out now before hunting season rolls around and this nonsense has to be dealt with in the woods.

Also of note.

The factory tires are trash. Small cut right below the tread would not take a plug.
Sidewalls can be iffy taking a plug, but I’ve had luck in similar spots in the past.
Honestly believe I could tear the sidewall with my hands.

Last one.

Factory torque is 140 ft.lbs. for this particular junk.
Buy a $20 breaker bar and an appropriate socket. Factory tire iron looks to be small enough to fit in the glove box.

I know most here won’t be taking a soccer mom special on the hill this fall.
But, take a little time when it’s nice and your at home to check out your stuff.
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Tire iron made for close combat
 
bought a new Lowe 1648 Jon boat last Summer and decided to see if my 4-way
fit the lugs on the trailer. Could not budge em,,,,gotta find my breaker bar and a
socket that fits.
I'm getting too old for silly stuff,
 
Breaker bar for the win.

Years ago after a successful day killing roosters in SD. We got flat (giant wood chisel) on a backroad headed back to camp. The spare on his old explorer was welded to the underside by rust, salt, dirt and who knows what else. As darkness arrived with the snow, an hour later we mule/karate kicked that sum bitch loose. Would have been a hell of a walk. I check my spare on all vehicles religiously since.
 
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Got a new truck and I was just telling my wife I need to get those locks off the wheels before the season starts. One less thing to deal with changing a tire on the side of a mountain.
 
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1/2 inch breaker bar, deep well socket, locking lug key, and Allen wrench for the hub cap screws are always in the pickup.
 
5MilesBack said:
Checking my spare and lubricating the chain drop down mechanism every year is always on my to-do list before hunting season. I had one seize up about three decades ago, couldn't get it to budge. So now I check every year
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The Toyotas use a steel cable, when I was a tech at a small landcruiser and 4WD shop, I would drop the spare, clean, inspect, and apply a dry lube to the cable mechanism. I’ve seen quite a few that would get build up on them from dust, eventually leading to them being nearly impossible to turn.

Another little pro tip, whenever getting a new set of tires, have the tech swap the best of the four onto the spare. I’ve seen a lot of 20+ year vehicles with their original dry rotted spare under them.
 
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